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Anti-semitic Fresco to Stay

April 25, 1975
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An Austrian government office today rejected demands to remove an anti-Semitic wall fresco in a Catholic, church, citing artistic grounds, The Tyrol Department for the Preservation of Ancient Monuments said it was not in a position to order the removal of a fresco in the Judenstein Church which shows the ritual murder of a Christian child by Jews. “The whole church is protected as an historical monument,” a spokesman said. “Therefore, for artistic reasons, no changes can be made.”

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